Wilhelm Zipperer

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Wilhelm Paul Johannes Zipperer (born December 18, 1847 in Munich , † October 9, 1911 in Würzburg ) was a German educator and writer . Zipperer was the author of numerous Bavarian dialect poems .

Life

Wilhelm was the son of the Munich bookseller and antiquarian Paul Zipperer. He attended the humanistic grammar school and began studying theology at Munich University . But he soon changed the subject and studied classical philology and philosophy . In 1873 he went bankrupt and a short time later was appointed teaching assistant to the university in Würzburg. In 1875 , Zipperer received his doctorate from the University of Würzburg with the dissertation De Euripidis Phoemissarum versibus suspectis et interpolatis for Dr. phil. In August 1875 he received a travel grant of 1200 guilders , which he used to visit the archaeological institutes in Rome and Athens .

After his return he was employed again as a teacher at the New Gymnasium, today's Riemenschneider Gymnasium , in Würzburg, and in 1886 he was appointed to a Gymnasium professor. In 1898 he became rector of the gymnasium in Münnerstadt . As the rector of the Münnerstädtisches Gymnasium, he often supported poorer students, among other things by going to the theater together. In 1905 he was appointed rector of the new grammar school in Würzburg. In May 1907 he staged a highly acclaimed musical and theatrical school performance of Sophocles' drama Antigone in Würzburg . As a new didactic and methodical approach, he also introduced guided tours through Würzburg companies into everyday school life.

Zipperer undertook extensive trips to almost every country in Europe, but always remained connected to his Bavarian homeland, whose customs, traditions and legends he studied thoroughly. Every year he went on extensive hikes in the Bavarian and Tyrolean Alps . He was one of the co-founders of the Würzburg section of the Alpine Club . He mastered the dialect of his old Bavarian homeland, which was also reflected in his publications. Following the example of Johann Peter Hebel , he wrote some poems in hexameter form .

In 1909 he received the title of senior teacher . Since that year, Zipperer suffered from a sarcoma-like disease that increasingly weakened him. He retired on September 1, 1911 and died a few weeks later on October 9, at the age of 63, in Würzburg.

Publications (selection)

  • De Euripidis Phoenissarum versibus suspectis et interpolatis. ( Dissertation ), Würzburg 1875. ( digitized )
  • Lumen de coelo. Festive poem for the Würzburg celebration of the golden bishop's jubilee SH Pope Leo XIII. Wuerzburg 1893.
  • Poems in Upper Bavarian dialect. Bamberg 1894.
  • Lust's a weng '(rather: wen'g)! Bamberg 1895.
  • The peasant union song. Munich 1895.

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personal data
SURNAME Zipperer, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zipperer, Wilhelm Paul Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1911
Place of death Wurzburg